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180.2021 Cost Decrease for Purchase of Storage Building at Pine View- Bluescope Construction RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF PROPOSAL AND COST DECREASE FOR PURCHASE AND CONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE BUILDING AT PINE VIEW CEMETERY BY BLUESCOPE CONSTRUCTION, INC. RESOLUTION NO.: 180, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 417,2020, the Queensbury Town Board authorized the: 1) establishment of Cemetery Storage Building Capital Project No. 236 in the amount of $498,588 to establish funding for expenses related to the Cemetery Storage Building Capital Project; 2) finalization of Building design consistent with the Sourcewell cooperative, municipal purchasing program; and 3) purchase and construction of a Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) Storage Building by BlueScope Construction Inc. in accordance with Sourcewell for the amount of $498,588, and WHEREAS, the Town Board previously acknowledged that the exact details of such Building and the price would be determined consistent with the Sourcewell bid during the finalization of design process and that the Town Board would have to approve such bidding and final price at that time if different than that approved in Resolution No.: 417,2020 and if the Town Board should approve a total cost for the Building of at least $500,000, it was a condition of approval that BlueScope Construction, Inc. shall have to comply with the New York State Wicks Law for this project, and WHEREAS, BlueScope Construction, Inc. advised the Town that the cost of the Building had increased due to a national rise in building construction supplies and costs and therefore submitted a Revised Proposal to the Town dated April 23, 2021 for the amount of $509,146, or an increase of $10,558 and by Resolution No.: 161,2021, the Town Board authorized the Revised Proposal and increased cost, and WHEREAS, BlueScope Construction, Inc. has now advised the Town that the cost of the Building has decreased and has therefore submitted a Revised Proposal/Agreement to the Town dated May 14, 2021 for the amount of $499,307, and WHEREAS, the above Resolutions were adopted subject to Permissive Referendum and the Permissive Referendum period has passed and the amount in the revised Proposal/Agreement is for a lesser amount so no additional Permissive Referendum is required, and WHEREAS, the Town Board, Town Cemetery Superintendent and Cemetery Commission have reviewed such proposal and wish to authorize the Revised Proposal/Agreement and decreased cost, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes BlueScope Construction Inc.’s Revised Proposal/Agreement dated May 14, 2021 in substantially the form presented at this meeting for the purchase and construction of a Rough Order Magnitude (ROM) Storage Building in accordance with the cooperative, municipal purchasing program Sourcewell for the amount of $499,307, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any necessary documentation, including the Proposal/Agreement between the Town and BlueScope Construction, Inc., substantially in the form presented at this meeting and in a form acceptable to the Town Supervisor, Cemetery Superintendent, Town Budget Officer and/or Town Counsel, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Cemetery Superintendent, Town Budget Officer, Purchasing Agent and/or Town Counsel to take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further affirms and ratifies Resolution No.: 417,2020 in all other respects. th Duly adopted this 17 day of May, 2021, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None